Articles, Leading Stories
Repairing, rebuilding and restoring at heart of psychology of relationships
By Phyllis Hanlon
According to the American Psychological Association, healthy marriages can be beneficial for physical and mental health and for offspring’s well-being. Unfortunately, the APA...
Massachusetts high court upholds privatization plan
By Janine Weisman
A recent Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision clears the way for replacing the last state-run mental health crisis teams with staff employed by two private vendor...
R.I.’s legislative focus includes telehealth services
By Pamela Berard
The Rhode Island Psychological Association 2017 legislative agenda will include a focus on telehealth services as well as the goal of improving the ability of the Board of...
Maine Gov. LePage intends to move stepdown unit to Bangor
By Janine Weisman
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) has moved on after abandoning plans to build a proposed 21-bed stepdown unit next to the Riverview Psychiatric Recovery Center in Augusta.
As...
Possible rate cuts of concern in Maine
By Janine Weisman
The Maine Psychological Association’s (MePA) top legislative priority for 2017 can be found on page two of a consultant’s report studying reimbursement rates for mental...
William James College announces availability of scholarships
By Pamela Berard
William James College in Massachusetts announced its Multicultural and Veterans Mental Health Scholarships, aimed at increasing the number of individuals trained and committed...
Four New England states among nation’s healthiest
By Janine Weisman
Massachusetts ranked second after Hawaii as the healthiest overall state in the nation in the latest America’s Health Rankings Annual Report released in December...
ICD-11 release delayed until 2018
By Catherine Robertson Souter
In 2015, the United States belatedly joined the rest of the world in implementing the most updated version of the World Health Organization’s coding system for medical...
Addiction Campus opens in Massachusetts
By Rivkela Brodsky
Addiction Campuses, a company based in Brentwood, Tenn., offering comprehensive drug and alcohol treatment programs at facilities around the country has opened its fourth...
Surgeon General report: A call to action on addiction
By Rivkela Brodsky
In November 2016, the U.S. Surgeon General for the first time issued a report on alcohol, drugs, and health – calling addiction, “one of America’s most pressing public...